REPLAY: Employment Conference Call – 1/4/19

The U.S. Labor Market: Key to the “Kingdom”

How the U.S. labor market goes is “Key” to the “Kingdom” of answers to key questions for the economy and financial markets.

Questions—1) 2019 U.S. Economy Solid, Slowing Down, a Recession? 2) What About the Surprisingly Low Wage and Price Inflation—to Continue? 3) Jobs and Income, Income and Spending, Spending and Jobs—Will this “Loop” Continue or Get Interrupted by Business Uncertainties? 4) The Labor Market and a Federal Reserve in Transition. How many increases in the Federal funds rate? 5) Labor Market and the Stock Market—Correction or Bear Equity Market—Does it Matter? 6) Contrast Between “Wall St.” and “Main Street.” 7) Politics and Geopolitics—Trump and Washington—Trump and the World.